Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Politics
New Legislation Bans Hemp-Derived THC
November 14, 2025It was federal subsidies for healthcare that were center stage in the government shutdown and the...
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In History
Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity
September 26, 2025Sister Somayah Kambui spent her life working toward "cannabis equity" — a term not yet coined...
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Medical
Tod Mikuriya: Grandfather of Medical Marijuana
September 16, 2025If there is one person with a claim to reviving the pharmacopoeia of cannabis in the...
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In The Magazine
NYC’s Cannabis Hot Spot: Torches Dispensary
July 27, 2025New York City’s latest cannabis hot spot serves up its cool history (Frank Sinatra!) in style.
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Culture
Cannabis Now 4/20 Countdown Presented by Zig-Zag in New York’s Times Square
April 23, 20254/20 joins New Year’s Eve as a countdown celebrated at the Midtown Manhattan landmark.
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In The Magazine
40 Under 40: Maritza Pérez Medina
December 22, 2024Maritza Pérez Medina, director of federal affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance in Washington, DC, has...
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In The Magazine
40 Under 40: Sarah Woodson
December 20, 2024Sarah Woodson founded The Color of Cannabis at the end of 2019 with a mission to...
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Edibles
40 Under 40: Jake Bullock CEO of Cann
December 19, 2024Jake Bullock is co-founder and CEO of Cann, a cannabis-infused social beverage company based in California’s...
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Cultivation
40 Under 40: Taylor Giovannini
December 17, 2024Taylor Giovannini founded Oceanic Releaf in 2017 as a direct result of family experience. Her husband’s...
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Cultivation
40 Under 40: Ben Arnet Lights The Way
December 7, 2024Ben Arnet is co-founder and president of the Las Vegas-based LED lighting company Fohse, which he...
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Medical
Pliny the Elder: Ancient Pioneer of Medical Marijuana
June 22, 2024Historians of the cannabis plant have long contended that Pliny the Elder was among the first...
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Industry Events
CWCBExpo Combines Business, Government, Academia and Activists
June 10, 2024The event had the open participation of New York city and state government agencies, as well...
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Current Events
Israel’s Cannabis Industry in a Time of War
June 5, 2024An overview of Israel’s cannabis industry and how it has been affected by the Oct. 7,...
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In History
MLK & Marijuana: How the Civil Rights Leader’s Work Informs the Push for Legal Pot
January 15, 2024Martin Luther King Jr. never spoke publicly about cannabis, but his life and works provide important...
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In The Magazine
Dasheeda Dawson: On The Record
January 12, 2024New York City’s most powerful cannabis official readies an expansive—and unprecedented—rollout.
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Legal
Crackdown on Cannabis ‘Gray Market’ In NYC Arrives
September 12, 2023The long-promised crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sales is a reality now in New York City.
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Legal
Native Nations Get the Jump on Minnesota Adult-Use Cannabis
August 4, 2023The Gopher State’s first adult-use cannabis sales have been on two Native American reservations. The Red...
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Legal
Montana Beats Back Anti-Cannabis Backlash
July 26, 2023This spring, The Treasure State defeated the latest effort by anti-freedom forces to roll back legalization...
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Legal
Empire Cannabis Club Co-Owner, Staff Arrested in NYC for ‘Obstruction’
July 14, 2023New York City’s Empire Cannabis Club has been pushing the proverbial envelope on the possibilities for...
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Cannabis
California’s Persisting Cannabis Dystopia Part 2
July 13, 2023Here in part 2 of our exploration into Northern California's ever-increasing problematic cannabis-related issues, reporter Bill...
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